The first table below looks at the demand for E-business skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited E-business over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Electronic Business (eBusiness)
Rank 183 194 207
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +13
Contract jobs citing E-business 20 24 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.314% 0.305% 0.388%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.426% 0.425% 0.540%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 23 24
Average daily rate £450 £500 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £333 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £525 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £383 £413 £460
% change year-on-year
-7.27% -10.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £26.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- -37.05%
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4690 5642 7035
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 73.52% 71.74% 71.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3529 4083 5194
Average daily rate £450 £463 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 98 100
Average hourly rate £41.50 £24.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.91% -4.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.20 £15.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £47.50 £50.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
E-business
London

E-business
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing E-business across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

City of London E-business Jobs Demand Trend

E-business
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing E-business across the City of London region.

City of London E-business Daily Rate Trend

E-business
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing E-business across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London E-business Daily Rate Histogram

E-business
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing E-business across the City of London region.

City of London E-business Hourly Rate Trend

E-business
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing E-business also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited E-business.

1 10 (41.67%) SQL Server
1 10 (41.67%) XML
2 9 (37.50%) XSL
2 9 (37.50%) ASP.NET
2 9 (37.50%) C#
2 9 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 9 (37.50%) .NET
2 9 (37.50%) SharePoint
2 9 (37.50%) Change Management
2 9 (37.50%) Systems Analysis
2 9 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
2 9 (37.50%) .NET Framework
2 9 (37.50%) WCAG
2 9 (37.50%) Volume Testing
2 9 (37.50%) SQL Server 2008
2 9 (37.50%) Web Accessibility
2 9 (37.50%) SharePoint 2010
2 9 (37.50%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 8 (33.33%) WCF
4 7 (29.17%) Finance
4 7 (29.17%) Oracle
5 6 (25.00%) PRINCE2
6 5 (20.83%) E-Commerce
6 5 (20.83%) Migration
6 5 (20.83%) Digital Media
6 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (20.83%) Mobile App
7 4 (16.67%) Change Control
7 4 (16.67%) SaaS
7 4 (16.67%) Oracle EBS R12

E-business
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing E-business also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited E-business. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (41.67%) XML
2 9 (37.50%) XSL
2 9 (37.50%) ASP.NET
2 9 (37.50%) .NET
2 9 (37.50%) .NET Framework
2 9 (37.50%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 8 (33.33%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 9 (37.50%) SharePoint
1 9 (37.50%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (4.167%) ESB
Business Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (8.333%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (8.333%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle CRM
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (41.67%) SQL Server
2 9 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
2 9 (37.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Axure RP
1 1 (4.167%) JDeveloper
General
1 7 (29.17%) Finance
2 2 (8.333%) General Ledger
2 2 (8.333%) Banking
2 2 (8.333%) Retail
3 1 (4.167%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Developer
1 9 (37.50%) SharePoint Developer
2 4 (16.67%) Oracle Consultant
2 4 (16.67%) Architect
2 4 (16.67%) Consultant
3 3 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 3 (12.50%) Functional Consultant
4 2 (8.333%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (8.333%) Business Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (8.333%) Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) Web Developer
4 2 (8.333%) Delivery Project Manager
4 2 (8.333%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Oracle SOA Architect
5 1 (4.167%) Digital Project Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Oracle Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Digital Media
1 5 (20.83%) Mobile App
2 4 (16.67%) SaaS
2 4 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (4.167%) Social Media
3 1 (4.167%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.167%) NHS
3 1 (4.167%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.167%) UNIX
1 1 (4.167%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Change Management
1 9 (37.50%) Systems Analysis
1 9 (37.50%) Volume Testing
1 9 (37.50%) Web Accessibility
2 6 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 5 (20.83%) E-Commerce
3 5 (20.83%) Migration
3 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (16.67%) Change Control
5 3 (12.50%) Logistics
6 2 (8.333%) TOGAF
6 2 (8.333%) SOA
7 1 (4.167%) Customer Insight
7 1 (4.167%) Information Architecture
7 1 (4.167%) CRM
7 1 (4.167%) Project Management
7 1 (4.167%) SEO
7 1 (4.167%) Content Management
7 1 (4.167%) BPEL
7 1 (4.167%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) C#
1 9 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 3 (12.50%) SQL
3 2 (8.333%) PL/SQL
4 1 (4.167%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (37.50%) WCAG
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Oracle
2 1 (4.167%) SAP
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Posted: 22 May 2013